Relation between obesity and asthma severity in Egyptian children /
دراسة علاقة السمنه و درجة شده الحساسيه عند الاطفال المصريين
Dalia Mohamed Ahmed Morsy ; Supervised Nadia Mostafa , Abeer Atef , Mohamed Elbaz
- Cairo : Dalia Mohamed Ahmed Morsy , 2012
- 176 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
Asthma is the most common chronic illness of childhood. It has a major impact on lifestyle and accounts for many missed school days every year. Obesity is a fast growing health problem worldwide. It is spreading widely in children in the last few years. The prevalence of asthma and obesity drove us to search for a link between both and whether obesity may lead to more severe asthma symptoms